eBay is running a 5-day promotion to encourage sellers to list auctions. Sellers who are invited to participate can list up to 500 auction or auction with Buy It Now listings and pay no insertion or 10-day duration fees. Invited Read more
Another report is out with a negative assessment of eBay Marketplaces. SunTrust’s Bob Peck is expecting eBay to report a “lackluster” first quarter when it reports earnings next week. And if it seems like everyone is picking on eBay, understand Read more
Alibaba rival JD.com launched a new platform that includes a pilot program with eBay. eBay’s channel on JD Worldwide, called “Best of eBay Deals,” will showcase a variety of top categories and popular brands at attractive prices from select, trusted Read more
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson will ring the opening bell at NASDAQ with his Chief Financial Officer Kristina Salen on Thursday morning in advance of the company going public. Etsy will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on April Read more
Amazon continues to encourage online sellers to explore its Japanese marketplace. An ad on Seller Central shows an image of cherry tree blossoms with the message, “reach millions of customers in Japan.” The landing page hosted on services.amazon.co.jp explains that Read more
Amazon is benefitting from third-party merchants, who are increasingly adopting its FBA fulfillment service, according to Colin Sebastian of Wall Street firm Robert W. Baird. Baird’s Q1 survey of Amazon product selection suggests accelerating growth in selection on Amazon.com, as Read more
eBay partnered with Pitney Bowes to offer a program to make international sales easier for sellers and buyers, and now you can get a sense of how the U.S. processing center operates thanks to a video published by eBay. Seventy million Read more
Another report shows troubling trends for eBay. Wall Street analyst Colin Sebastian of Robert W. Baird said his proprietary Marketplace survey shows ongoing weakness in merchandise volume growth, with March in the low-single-digits (est. 2-3%) and slightly below February growth Read more
We’re about a few short months away from eBay’s Fall Seller Update. What do you hope to finally see as a new feature? Could current features use some adjusting? Or are there features that you’d happily watch vanish from eBay Read more
eBay appointed an executive from The Home Depot to lead its North American marketplace. Harry “Hal” Lawton was most recently Senior Vice President of Merchandising for the retailer. Lawton joined The Home Depot in 2005 as a director of strategic Read more
